Bottle-cover



(No Model.)

G. GRISEL & E. K. OOO'LEY.

BOTTLE COVER.

No. 248,307. Patented Oct. 18,1881.

\yi rnE 5 5 E 5 1 Nrra STATES PATENT FFICE@ GEORGE GRISEL AND EARL K. COOLEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE-COVER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 248,307, dated October 18, 1881,

Application filed August 19, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE GRIsEL and EARL K. COOLEY, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Covers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

We make our sheath or cover tapering in form, oflengths of straw or other stalk, so arranged as that they shall present one thickness at the large end and two thicknesses at the small end.

The invention will be understood as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bottlecover. Fig. 2 is a view looking into the large end. Fig. 3 is a section through as y, Fig. 1.

A is a sheath or cover for bottles, which can be made oftule-straw, (Scirpus lacustris,) grainstraw, or other suitable weed or stalk. We prefer the tule-straw because of its soft spongy character.

In making our sheath or cover, we cut the straws or stalks a little longer than the bottle. We then place them side by side on a tapering cylindrical form and sew them together by three rows of stitches. stitches near each end of the cover, and another at its middle. Any of the ordinary styles of stitches can be employed, but we prefer the lock-stitch, which is made with a single thread.

\Ve sew one row of (No model.)

At the large end of the sheath or cover the straws or stalks will lie loosely side by side, and in sewing them together a stitch will pass through the middle of each stalk; but we do not confine ourselves to the exact fact of stitchin g each straw or stalk in this row, because this row of stitches is not so important as the end rows, and in some cases it might be dispensed with entirely. At the opposite or small end of the cover the diminished size of the form will cause the straws or stalks to overlap, so that one will lie upon another, and thus provide a double thickness at this end.

The cover, when removed from the form, will he a hollow tapering cone open at both ends and united by three rows of stitches.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

A tapering sheath for bottles, open at both ends and formed of lengths of straw or other stalk, each length running the full length of the sheath, and so arranged as to be one thickness of stalk at the large end, and two thicknesses at the small end, and sewed together,

substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

GEORGE GRISEL. IL. s.] EARL K. COOLEY. [L. s.]

Attest:

WM. F. CLARK, WM. Vorr. 

